Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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